Teysa Karlov (Foil) – MTG Proxy Secret Lair Drop Series

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Teysa Karlov

2 generic manaWhite manaBlack mana

Mana value: 4 · Color identity: White, Black

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Creature tokens you control have vigilance and lifelink.

Power / toughness: 2 / 4

While Kaya is guildmaster, Teysa waits patiently at the center of the Orzhov web of power.

Flavor text may vary by printing.

Card format legality
Commander
Legal
Modern
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Standard
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal

Format status describes the underlying Magic card, not eligibility of this printed product for sanctioned play.

Updated

Card rulings 9
  1. Teysa affects a creature's own “when this creature dies” triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that creature dies. Such triggered abilities start with “when” or “whenever.”
  2. Teysa's effect doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to pay a cost for that triggered ability, are also made separately.
  3. The trigger event doesn't have to specifically refer to “creatures.” In these cases, the trigger event may also refer to something being “put into a graveyard from the battlefield.” For example, an ability that triggers “whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield” would trigger twice if an artifact creature dies while Teysa Karlov is on the battlefield.
  4. An ability that triggers when a creature “leaves the battlefield” will trigger twice if that creature leaves the battlefield by dying.
  5. An ability that triggers on an event that causes a creature to die doesn't trigger twice. For example, an ability that triggers “whenever you sacrifice a creature” triggers only once.
  6. Look at each creature as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger multiple times. For example, if a land that has become a creature dies, an ability that triggers when it dies triggers twice.
  7. If a creature dying at the same time that another permanent you control leaves the battlefield causes a triggered ability of that permanent to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
  8. If a creature dying at the same time as Teysa (including Teysa itself dying) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
  9. If you somehow control two Teysas, a creature dying causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Teysa causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on. This also means that if you control Teysa and cast a second one, an ability that triggers when it dies due to the “legend rule” triggers three times.

Updated

Teysa Karlov gives black-white aristocrats decks more value from the deaths they already arrange. When a creature dying causes a triggered ability of your permanent to trigger, it triggers an additional time. Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and other death payoffs can therefore produce more pressure from each sacrifice without requiring a second creature to die.

She also gives your creature tokens vigilance and lifelink. That makes the token army useful beyond sacrifice: it can attack while remaining available to block, and combat damage can restore life spent on other effects. Elenda, the Dusk Rose benefits from additional relevant death triggers and leaves tokens that appreciate Teysa's combat abilities.

The wording is about triggered abilities caused by creatures dying. It does not double every sacrifice payoff, and a token-creation replacement effect is a different kind of ability. A creature exiled instead of dying does not create a death event for Teysa to amplify. She also does not provide a sacrifice outlet herself, so the deck still needs ways to control timing and a supply of creatures worth spending. Build the engine in those separate roles: bodies, outlets, and payoffs. Teysa makes the payoff stage stronger while helping surviving tokens contribute to combat, giving the deck a useful alternate plan when graveyard interaction or removal interrupts the main sacrifice sequence.

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